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Sunday, 7 May 2017

The Favourite Technique

There's a Blog hop going on to celebrate National Scrapbook Day and you've arrived at the 9th blog in a string of 11. Each of us are hoping to inspire you and show you our favourite technique by showcasing it on a LO.

If you are following the Blog hop, you should have arrived here from Gemma's place

(thesteelenook.blogpost.co.uk). To be in with a chance of winning the Blog Hop prize you will need to comment on this post and on all the other blogs in the Hop.

Now rest your weary hopping limbs a minute while I explain my favourite technique. It may come across as a cheat to you, but it appears on every single one of my LOs in a staggering variety and it's only thanks to this Blog Hop that I've even noticed that it's a technique. Or...question of the day...is it a format?

It's a single photo and paper. Layers of it, to be precise. Before I can do anything else to a LO, it appears that the photo must matted and placed on any number of colour contrasting layers. If you visit my blog ever again, you'll see it, almost monotonously, it really has been a bit of a revelation for me!I know it's not rocket science, and I certainly won't hold you up on this Hop as there's no need to make notes or check out another new-to-you product. This is the least technical thing - just add more paper. Scrunch it, smooth it, distress the edges, just add more and make it show!

If you lose your way or fancy meandering through from the beginning, start here at lovely Fiona's blog: fiona-staringatthesea.blogspot.co.uk. If you're familiar with my blog, or indeed a Desker, you will recognise Fiona immediately!When you have completed the Hop, return to the Blog Hop thread on Facebook at For The Love of Pretty Paper and leave a comment to let us know that you've been all the way around the Hop. Visitors who leave the same comment (or a comment deemed to be the same by the Organisers) will not be eligible for the prize. The closing date for Blog Hop entries is Monday May 8th at 10pm. The prize can only be posted to a UK address. Good Luck!

hehehe gave me a giggle and I totally do the same - it is the law that you have to start with a stack of gorgeous papers under your photo. In fact, I've started stapling my stack together before it goes on the background! Love your page, the big banner shape is fun and I love the felt hearts :)

Haha you know me....i don't need any excuse to use more paper. Still to this day it's my most favourite and most utilised tool so I'm totally with you on this one. Lovely layout as always. Hope you're enjoying NSD xx

OK so I sort of started here as I was catching up on my WOYWW replies as I've been poorly all week. I read about your technique then decided to do the blog hop "properly" so yes I am now at number 9. Love your photo layers. BJ

I definitely don't have any problems whatsoever with a bunch of pretty paper showcased on a layout. And it's even better if the background is a full 12"x12" patterned paper, too. So it's thumbs up from me for this technique!